Building and method of construction



Oct. 30, 1928. 1,689,320

a. s. BRADBURY BUILDING AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION Filed March 25, 1926560? el 571m hag 1 /&

Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATES rnraa GEORGE E. BRADBURY,

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OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Application filed March 25, 1926. Serial N0. 97,166.

This invention relates to a structure and method of building the same.It has for one object to provide a light inexpensive insulation for astructure, and one which is weathertight. It includes the insulatingmaterial and the process of erecting a structure in which the same. isbuilt. Other objects will appear from time to time throughout thespecification and claims.

My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in theaccompanying drawin 's, wherein:

Figure 1 is a horizontal cross section of the wall built according to myinvention;

Figure 2 is a vertical cross section taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1, onan enlarged scale;

Figure 3 is a modified arrangement in which the fiber board hascorrugations facing outwardly;

Figure 4 is a modification of the board itself in which an outer sheetof paper is pro: vided over the corrugations.

Like parts are indicated by like characters throughout.

A A are the upright members of the frame of the structure. B B are theboards or sliding members with which the wall of the struc ture isbuilt.

C designates generally the insulating or water-proofing material whichis fastened to the uprights A between them and the members B, andpreferably, of course, the waterproofing and insulating material is putin place before the siding is applied.

The water-proofing and insulating material itself consists of severalplies of material. As shown particularly in Figure 2 the outside portionof the insulating material consists of three plies of papers 0 betweenwhich are positioned two plies of asphalt or other waterproofingmaterial C On its other side there is applied a corrugated paper portionC which has applied to its outer edge waterproofing coating 0* which maybe of asphalt or other suitable material. The insulating material thusincludes several plies of paper and water-proofing material and on itsouter side or exposed side it includes corrugated material which hasinsulating qualities and which is itself water-proof on the outside.

This outer covering for the corrugated paper is the sheeting D. It maybe single or double as shown. r

The insulating material is normally nailed onto the framework of thebuilding or other structure and when so originally put on it lies flat.When the siding is put in position on the outside the corrugations arecrushed and the insulating is caused to bulge inward as shown in Figurel, the distance a" represent ing the maximum distance between the paperand the siding.

Thus by the use of my invention and process an insulating andwater-proolin sheet is rovided for the building and the sfieet itsel hasinsulating qualities as above mentioned and is spaced awa from thesiding so that it provides a dea air insulating space between itself andthe siding in addition to the insulating space which is to be foundwithin its corrugations. Although I have shown a process and structurein operative form, still it will be obvious that many changes might bemade in size, shape and arrangement of parts without departingmaterially from the spirit of my invention; and I wish therefore that myshowing be taken as in a sense diagrammatic.

T claim:

1-. The process of building which includes the followin steps: utilizinga yielding sheathing w ich is readily compressible through a portion ofits thickness and substantially uncompressible through the remainder ofits thickness and associating such sheathing with two subtsantiallyuncompress ible parts, and compressing the sheathing between them so asto compress its compressible portion thereby causing it to bulge awayfrom one of such members.

2. A building formed of a framework, an outer sheathing and an innersheathing including in itself dead air spaces and being throughout themajor portion of its area inwardly spaced away from such outersheathing, such inner sheathing being in contact with the outersheathing throughout aportion of its area.

3. A building formed of a framework, an outer sheathing and an innersheathing lying 5 between the framework and the outer'sheathing andincluding in itself dead air spacesand being through the major portionof its area inwardly spaced away from such outer sheathing, such innersheathing being water-proof. 4:. A building formed of a framework, anouter sheathing and an inner sheathing lying between the framework andthe outer sheathing and including in itself dead air spaces and beingthrough the major portion of its area inwardly spaced away from suchouter sheathing, such inner sheathing providing within itselfwater-proofing and being on its inner surface water-proofed.

Signed at Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 20th dayof March, 1926.

GEORGE -E. BRADBURY.

